1838-59-1

Basic information

• Product Name: ALLYL FORMATE
• Synonyms: 2-Propenyl ester of formic acid;2-propenylformate;Allylester kyseliny mravenci;allylesterkyselinymravenci;Formic acid, allyl ester;formicacid,2-propenylester;formicacid,allylester;ALLYL FORMATE
• CAS NO: 1838-59-1
• Molecular Formula: C₄H₆O₂
• Molecular Weight: 86.09
• EINECS: 217-413-9
• Product Categories: monomer
• Mol File: 1838-59-1.mol

Chemical Properties

• Melting Point: -84.81°C (estimate)
• Boiling Point: 85℃
• Flash Point: 7℃
• Appearance: /
• Density: 0.922
• Vapor Pressure: 72.2mmHg at 25°C
• Refractive Index: 1.4009 (estimate)
• CAS DataBase Reference: ALLYL FORMATE(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: ALLYL FORMATE(1838-59-1)
• EPA Substance Registry System: ALLYL FORMATE(1838-59-1)

Safety Data

• RIDADR: 2336
• HazardClass: 3.1
• PackingGroup: I
• Hazardous Substances Data: 1838-59-1(Hazardous Substances Data)

Usage

Uses

Used in Paint and Coating Industry:
Allyl formate is used as a solvent in spray lacquers, enamels, varnishes, and latex paints. It helps in achieving desired flow and leveling properties, as well as enhancing the drying process and overall performance of the coatings.
Used in Paint Thinner and Stripper Industry:
Allyl formate serves as an ingredient in paint thinners and strippers, as well as varnish removers. Its solvent properties help in dissolving and removing paint and varnish layers effectively.
Used in Herbicide Industry:
Allyl formate is used in herbicides to control the growth of unwanted plants. Its solvent properties may aid in the absorption and distribution of the active ingredients, enhancing the herbicidal effect.
Used in Personal Care Industry:
Allyl formate is used in liquid soaps and cosmetics due to its ability to dissolve various ingredients and improve the texture and performance of the products.
Used in Cleaning Products Industry:
Allyl formate is utilized in industrial and household cleaners, as well as dry-cleaning compounds, due to its solvent properties that help in dissolving dirt, grease, and stains effectively.

Air & Water Reactions

Highly flammable. Soluble in water.

Reactivity Profile

ALLYL FORMATE is an ester. Esters react with acids to liberate heat along with alcohols and acids. Strong oxidizing acids may cause a vigorous reaction that is sufficiently exothermic to ignite the reaction products. Heat is also generated by the interaction of esters with caustic solutions. Flammable hydrogen is generated by mixing esters with alkali metals and hydrides.

Health Hazard

TOXIC; may be fatal if inhaled, ingested or absorbed through skin. Inhalation or contact with some of these materials will irritate or burn skin and eyes. Fire will produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases. Vapors may cause dizziness or suffocation. Runoff from fire control or dilution water may cause pollution.

Fire Hazard

HIGHLY FLAMMABLE: Will be easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames. Vapors may form explosive mixtures with air. Vapors may travel to source of ignition and flash back. Most vapors are heavier than air. They will spread along ground and collect in low or confined areas (sewers, basements, tanks). Vapor explosion and poison hazard indoors, outdoors or in sewers. Runoff to sewer may create fire or explosion hazard. Containers may explode when heated. Many liquids are lighter than water.

Safety Profile

Poison by ingestion. Moderately toxic by inhalation. Very flammable and reactive. Dangerous fire hazard. See also ALLYL COMPOUNDS and ESTERS. When heated to decomposition it yields irritating smoke and fumes

Environmental Fate

Allyl formate is cleaved by nonspecific esterases to allyl alcohol, which is then oxidized by alcohol dehydrogenases to the reactive acrolein, which is responsible for the hepatotoxic action. The toxicity of allyl alcohol via its metabolite acrolein is dependent on the concentration of GSH. After depletion of GSH, the reactive metabolite of allyl alcohol can bind to essential sulfhydryl groups in the cellular macromolecules, leading to structural and functional modifications, which can be responsible for hepatic injury. Appearance of lipid peroxidation signals events that follow toxication mechanisms initiated by acrolein, and subsequent and continued lipid peroxidation could be merely the consequence of the cell death.

InChI:InChI=1/C4H6O2/c1-2-3-6-4-5/h2,4H,1,3H2

Upstream product

• 64-18-6 formic acid 
• 503-34-4 allyl-trimethyl-ammonium; hydroxide 
• 144-62-7 oxalic acid 
• 56-81-5 glycerol 
• 107-18-6 allyl alcohol 
• 302-17-0 chloral hydrate 
• 1693-71-6 tris(allyl)borate 
• 7575-57-7 allyl benzenesulfonate 
• 4873-09-0 allyl tosylate 
• 6165-74-8 4-Chlor-benzolsulfonsaeure-allylester 
• 20443-61-2 m-Nitro-benzol-sulfonsaeure-allylester 
• 33420-11-0 allyl-4-nitrophenylsulfonate 
• 74885-83-9 1-Formyl-4(1H)-pyridinon 
• 141-53-7 sodium formate 

Downstream Products

• 5814-85-7 1,2-diphenylpropane 
• 187737-37-7 propene 
• 124-38-9 carbon dioxide 
• 625-38-7 but-3-enoic acid 
• 170885-54-8 1-formyloxy-2-chloro-3-phenylpropane 
• 170885-57-1 Formic acid 2-chloro-3-(3-chloro-phenyl)-propyl ester 
• 106-95-6 allyl bromide 
• 20009-25-0 allyl naphthyl ether 
• 31663-53-3 5-allylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene 
• 55053-96-8 8-methylenetetracyclo<4.3.0.0^2,4.0^3,7>nonane 
• 110919-83-0 (1R,4S,6R)-5-Methylene-6-vinyl-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene 
• 110919-82-9 (1R,2R,5S,6S)-3-Methylene-tricyclo[4.2.1.0^2,5]non-7-ene 

Relevant articles and documents

PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALLYL COMPOUNDS BY DEOXYDEHYDRATION OF GLYCEROL

The present invention concerns acontinuous-flow process for the production of allyl compounds by deoxydehydration of glycerol comprising the following steps: (a)Forming a reactive solution by mixing glycerol (1) with: ?a carboxylic acid (2), and/or ?a triethyl orthoester, preferably triethyl orthoformate (TEOF); (b)Feeding the reactive solution to an inlet of a channel of a thermolysis microreactor module wherein the channel has an inner hydraulic diameter, D=4A/P, wherein A is the area and P the perimeter of a cross-section of the channel, of not more than 1000μm, (c)Exposing the reactive solution to thermolysis by driving a flow of the reactive solution along the channel from the inlet to an outlet, for a thermolysis time, t, at a pressure, P, and at a thermolysis temperature, T, larger than 200°C, to form thermolysis products including at least one allyl compound; and Recovering the thermolysis products at the outlet and separating the at least one allyl compound from the other thermolysis products

Method for preparing formate-type compound

The invention discloses a method for preparing a formate-type compound. The method comprises the following steps of: adopting an alcohol-type compound and 1,3-dihydroxyacetone as reaction raw materials, and under the existence of a composite catalyst and an oxidant, reacting for 2-48 hours in a reaction medium in a reactor at a reaction temperature of 25-100 DEG C so as to obtain the formate-typecompound. The method disclosed by the invention is simple, and is mild in reaction condition, and by the method, a target product can be obtained by low cost and high yield; the used catalyst has highcatalytic activity, and is easily separated from a reaction system to be repeatedly used; the whole process is environment-friendly, and the reaction raw material (1,3-dihydroxyacetone) is easily converted from a side product (glycerol) of biodiesel, so that the utilization of the glycerol is promoted.

Revisiting the deoxydehydration of glycerol towards allyl alcohol under continuous-flow conditions

The deoxydehydration (DODH) of glycerol towards allyl alcohol was revisited under continuous-flow conditions combining a microfluidic reactor setup and a unique reactive dynamic feed solution approach. Short reaction times, high yield and excellent selectivity were achieved at high temperature and moderate pressure in the presence of formic acid, triethyl orthoformate, or a combination of both. Triethyl orthoformate appeared as a superior reagent for the DODH of glycerol, with shorter reaction times, lower reaction temperatures and more robust conditions. In-line IR spectroscopy and computations provided different perspectives on the unique reactivity of glycerol O,O,O-orthoesters.

A Method for Preparation of Allyl Formate

The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of allyl formate and allyl formate manufactured thereby, for reacting at reaction temperature of 220-250°C by inserting 5 to 10 equivalent weight of formic acid, with respect to 1 equivalent weight of glycerol. According to a manufacturing method of allyl formate of the present invention, a conversion rate, selectivity, and a yield of allyl formate can be significantly increased by using special synthesis condition.

Method for preparing allyl alcohol

Disclosed is a method for preparing allyl alcohol, wherein glycerol and formic acid are reacted under specific synthesis conditions, thus remarkably increasing the concentration of allyl alcohol in the liquid reaction products and minimizing the production of allyl formate byproduct and the production of unreacted formic acid.

An efficient didehydroxylation method for the biomass-derived polyols glycerol and erythritol. Mechanistic studies of a formic acid-mediated deoxygenation

An efficient 1,2-deoxygenation method, involving an unexpected mechanism, was found for simple diols and for biomass-derived polyols (glycerol and erythritol) that results in the conversion of the 1,2-dihydroxy group to a carbon-carbon double bond.

METHOD OF CONTROLLING PESTS

The present invention relates to pest control compositions and a method of employing as essential active ingredients formic acid derivatives. Several compositions based on various formic acid derivatives were prepared for pest control .

CONVERSION OF GLYCEROL FROM BIODIESEL PRODUCTION TO ALLYL ALCOHOL

A method of synthesis of allyl alcohol from glycerol, whereby allyl alcohol is produced at a yield of about 80% or greater. The method comprising the heating of a reaction mixture of glycerol and a carboxylic acid under an inert atmosphere and distilling allyl alcohol from the reaction mixture.

PROCESS FOR PREPARING ACRYLIC ACID

A process for preparing acrylic acid, in which an acrylic acid-comprising product gas mixture obtained by catalytic gas phase partial oxidation of a C3 precursor of acrylic acid is fractionally condensed in a condensation column provided with internals ascending into itself with side draw removal of crude acrylic acid and with liquid phase draw removal of acrylic acid-comprising acid water, and acrylic acid present in acid water is taken up into an extractant and then removed from the extractant and recycled into the condensation column, or taken up in aqueous metal hydroxide, or sent to further purification of the crude acrylic acid.

Silphos [PCl3-n(SiO2)n]: A heterogeneous phosphine reagent for formylation and acetylation of alcohols and amines with ethyl formate and acetate

Alcohols and amines are formylated and acetylated in the presence of Silphos [PCl3-n(SiO2)n] in ethyl formate and ethyl acetate in high to excellent yields. This procedure provides a method to separate the product by a simple filtration.